Nobody more Mumbaikar than me, am not an outsider: Goyal
The Hindu
Union Minister Piyush Goyal defends Mumbai roots against opposition claims of being an outsider, calling arguments "ridiculous" and "facile."
Union Minister Piyush Goyal, who is the BJP's candidate from Mumbai North, hit out at leaders of the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Wednesday for labelling him an outsider, saying they are "helpless" and making ridiculous arguments.
"There can be nobody more Mumbaikar than me," Goyal told PTI, responding to the "outsider" barb by the opposition. He was taking part in a road show.
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut and Congress leader Varsha Gaikwad have called Goyal an "outsider". They said voters of Mumbai North would send "Pedder Road's parcel back to Pedder Road" in the Lok Sabha elections for the parliamentary constituency on May 20. Goyal had mentioned his residential address as Malabar Hill, a locality in the vicinity of Pedder Road, an affluent neighbourhood in South Mumbai.
"That is a very ridiculous argument. Not even worth responding to. I am a born Mumbaikar. Lived in Mumbai all my life, worked in Mumbai all my life," Goyal said.
“It is a very facile and stupid argument. Have you heard anyone say I am a Uttar Mumbaikar (North Mumbaikar)? “They are helpless, visionless and leaderless. and hence making such facile arguments,” Goyal said.
He also accused the Congress and Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT) of trying to divide Mumbai.
Goyal is pitted against Congress candidate Bhushan Patil, who contested the Maharashtra Assembly elections in 2009 from Borivali, an assembly segment in the Mumbai North parliamentary seat.
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